Vaccines have prevented 700 deaths in Portugal over last three months
This is one of the headlines today as the country registers another 3,794 ‘positive cases’ for the SARS-CoV-2 virus with 16 further deaths in the last 24-hours. The number of
DGS “asks for two more weeks to define position on vaccinating Portugal’s children”
Despite experts recommending against the mass-vaccination of Portugal’s children, the government seems to have different ideas. Público yesterday explained that the vaccine technical commission (of experts) has presented its recommendations
Foreigners living in Portugal discover authorities ‘don’t recognise their vaccines’
A number of foreigners living in Portugal have found authorities here are not recognising their vaccines because they were administered outside Europe. This has always been ‘understood’ in terms of
“Portugal is European country with most ‘confidence’ in Covid vaccines”
Portugal is the European country where the population has the most ‘confidence’ in vaccines against Covid-19. This is the conclusion of a Eurobarometer study published by the European Commission today,
More than 5,660 ‘adverse reactions’ to vaccines registered in Portugal
Infarmed (medicines authority) has stressed that the more than 5,660 adverse reactions registered in people who have received a dose of the approved vaccines against Covid-19 “do not necessarily have
New data shows ‘natural Covid infection’ leaves people better protected than if they take the vaccine
New scientific data shows that if a person is infected with SARS-CoV-2 and goes onto develop Covid-19 and recovers, they will be better protected against incoming variants than a person
Further confusion in Portugal’s vaccine-rollout as health entities ‘not on same page’
There is further confusion in Portugal’s vaccine rollout following the statement by DGS health director Graça Freitas that people under 50, and under 60 who were comfortable with taking either
Portugal’s vaccine roll-out boss warns 3 million doses “could be wasted”
It’s full steam ahead for Portugal’s vaccination programme – with the timetable per age group already published. But there is one niggling issue left hanging: due to the various controversies
“May will be very different. Summer will be practically normal”, predicts virologist
Portuguese virologist Pedro Simas – an internationally renowned expert who has become almost a household name (if not face) here during the pandemic – has given a hugely uplifting press
DGS announces all those who have recovered from Covid-19 “will only receive one dose of vaccine” no matter what type
Portugal’s DGS health authority has announced that all citizens who have recovered from Covid-19 infection will receive just one dose of vaccine “regardless of whether it is a vaccine that